Re: [slim] Qobuz drops price (and mp3s)
I am in the UK but I have a Qobuz France subscription because I started using Qobuz for downloads before they officially opened up to the UK market (at the time, I had to email them asking for an account). My monthly subscription has now (automatically) dropped from 19.99 Euro to 15.99 Euro but I still seem to on the old HiFi account as far as streaming is concerned, i.e. without HiRes (not that that bothers me). Allo Digione Signature (+LiFePo Batteries), Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 10, iPad 4, iPeng. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111710 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Native support for classical music tags
The overwhelming majority of my music collection is classical and I really have no problem using the existing tags (albeit that I use the album tag for the work and include the composer and main performer in the album name). I've no objection to additional tags but there are work arounds for classical. I think we should be extremely grateful and think ourselves very lucky that Michael and many others have devoted their time and energy to supporting LMS and wouldn't want to impose unnecessarily upon his good nature. Sorry - just my opinion, for what little it's worth. Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Native support for classical music tags
My music library is mostly classical and the following works very well indeed for me: Album tag: individual work in format - - e.g. "Sibelius - Symphony No 3 - C Davis, Boston SO" Title tag: Movement e.g. "I. Allegro moderato" Composer tag: Composer, e.g. "Sibelius" Artist tag(s): Main performer(s), e.g. "Davis, Colin", "Boston SO" I only use the surname of the composer and performers - except where it would cause confusion (e.g. Colin Davis and Andrew Davis) in which case I use "Davis, Colin" or "Davis, Andrew" This works very well for me. Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Returning squeezeboxer looking for server advice
I've been using Ubuntu Server on my headless HP Microserver for some years and am very happy with it. A few weeks ago I did a clean install of Ubuntu Server (because I messed up an upgrade) and it was pretty straightforward. >From memory, the only things I did afterwards (apart from installing LMS) were to set a fixed IP address for the server, installed Webmin (so I could access it from a Windows PC) and installed smartmontools. Am happy to help anyone, though I am far from an expert. Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110583 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] From PC to NAS
A slightly different solution: I've been running LMS on a HP Microserver, which also holds all my music files, for some years. I installed Ubuntu Server as the OS on the Microserver. It works very well indeed and I can install updates as and when I wish. Touch, Meridian G92, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109681 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Absolute Radio FLAC streams not working
rbl wrote: > I upgraded to 7.9.0 and as you say the Ogg Flac filetypes are there. > FLAC->flac/fac, and Ogg FLAC->Native. > But unfortunately it still doesn't work. I haven't tested the streams - > not even sure how to! Silly thought: have you tried disabling the Ogg Flac - Native, so that any ogg-flac file is decoded to FLAC in LMS? Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Large Backups on a Cloud
Is there any reason why you prefer to backup to the cloud rather than backing up to external HDDs which are under your control? Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
Pity about that - but it was a bit of a long shot. I'll convert a FLAC file to ogg and then see whether Inguz (as is) works on ogg files (rather than Spotify streaming ogg). Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
I'm glad that you have got Inguz working for ALAC files. As far as Spotify's ogg files are concerned this is a bit like the blind leading the blind, but as nobody else has taken this up: I've been looking at the ogg entry in the Inguz custom-convert.conf. It uses sox.exe to convert the data to wave format but there is a "-w" parameter which the LMS convert.conf doesn't use, which doesn't seem to be included in the sox help, which I can't find any documentation for and which (when I try to test it) sox doesn't like. One possibility is that the "-w" is a typo and it should be "-v" which, when used with resampling, indicates "very high" (quality). I am not a premium Spotify subscriber, so can't test things, but one thing you could try is to delete the "-w" from the ogg sections of the Inguz custom-convert.conf file. Once again making sure that you take a backup of the file before trying this. If that worked you could try replacing the "-w" with "-v". (Again taking a backup.) I should mention that the Inguz custom-convert.conf file is generated from the data in the Inguz Plugin.pm file, so once you get things working satisfactorily it would make sense to amend the Plugin.pm file (after taking a backup of course) - but first things first. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
blscorp wrote: > Running a Duet setup with two players (sync'd), LMS 7.7.5 and have Inguz > successfully installed. Need EQ only, not DRC. I've scoured these > boards pretty thoroughly for info but some big issues remain and am > trying to get some firm current answers in one place. > > - File types: My library is made up of mp3 and ALAC files, and I stream > Spotify. So far I've got the DSP working only on the mp3s. Anyone got > ALACs working (have to use custom conf files)? Spotify (even possible)? >From memory, the custom-convert.conf that Inguz installs contains an error regarding the ALAC files. Some years ago LMS went over to using a tweaked faad.exe to transcode ALAC files but the Inguz custom-convert.conf was never amended to reflect that change. I am assuming that the change happened before 7.7.5 as that would explain your ALAC problem. I don't use ALAC files myself but once helped another forum member out over this issue - but it was many years ago and I can't find the post or the necessary edit. However, you could try the following. I use LMS 7.9 and Windows 7 64 bit. In this setup the Inguz custom-convert.conf is in folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Squeezebox\server\Plugins\InguzEQ. Before trying out any edits I strongly suggest you make a backup of the Inguz custom-convert.conf file. If you open the file in Notepad you should see a section something like this: Code: alc flc * 00:04:20:23:9b:46 # F [alac] $FILE$ | [InguzDSP] -id "00:04:20:23:9b:46" -wav -wavo -d 24 | [flac] -cs -5 --totally-silent - Where 00:04:20:23:9b:46 is the MAC address of the player. You could try editing this to: Code: alc flc * 00:04:20:23:9b:46 # F [faad] -q -w -f 1 $FILE$ | [InguzDSP] -id "00:04:20:23:9b:46" -wav -wavo -d 24 | [flac] -cs -5 --totally-silent - (The changes are shown in red.) You will need to do this for each player in the custom-convert.conf file. As I said, I don't use ALAC files so I can't test this - so it is very much suck it and see. (And do make sure you make a backup copy of the original file before doing any edits.) Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezecommander - APK of the Living Dead?
pippin, many thanks for that suggestion - I'll try it out. Perhaps I was somewhat overstating the battery drain but the option to reduce it is very welcome. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103471 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezecommander - APK of the Living Dead?
When Logitech Squeezebox Controller stopped working after I upgraded my smartphone to Android 5.x.x I too bought Squeeze Controller. It might be unsupported but it seems to do the job fine so I will be sticking with it, at least for now. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103471 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC online radio fiasco - comments, news, moans, campaigns
bpa wrote: Stop talking about this Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103311 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC online radio fiasco - comments, news, moans, campaigns
PasTim wrote: I am finding it increasing difficult not to tell the BBC that when they say RTMP was turned off, and that's why Listen Again doesn't work on Internet Radios, that they are telling an untruth. My understanding is that they did was change the URLs in a way the devices couldn't handle. Some may say that if I do this they really may turn the feeds off. But I also have read that they are used for computer iPlayer Listen Again feeds, so there's no risk to the great facilities provided by bpa for now. The reason I feel the BBC should be told is that it shows they don't know what is really going on at all, and that the change could probably be reversed if they put their minds to it (even if just by clever use of URLs). Can I ask for comments? I was initially tempted to raise the matter myself on the BBC Internet Blog but decided against doing so as it might prompt the BBC to take action to stop the RTMP on-demand streams earlier than they might do otherwise. It is currently our only source if 320 kbps Radio 3 Listen Again. I realise that for some people that is of little consequence and regard it as a minor issue but there are others for whom the Radio 3 320 kbps is of major importance. I would strongly discourage you from challenging Andrew Scott over the continued existence of the RTMP LA streams, whether or not they are still used by the BBC's browser client. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103311 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC online radio fiasco - comments, news, moans, campaigns
Andrew Scott's latest blog entry is breathtaking in its chutzpah. One curious thing is that he clearly states that the on-demand RTMP streams have now been switched off - odd as they are working fine with Radio 3 on-demand. He also states that all BBC maintained clients have been migrated to the new streams - perhaps I am mistaken (quite likely) but only the live streams seem to by using HLS on the Windows BBC web client. Having said that the BBC might well switch of the on-demand RTMP streams in the next few hour (or they might not!). I'm concerned that if anyone replies on the BBC Blog that the RTMP on-demand are still active the BBC might well switch them off immediately. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103311 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LMS 7.90 change in sort behaviour?
I agree with Mnyb. Also, *if* your album tag *is always* in the format Composer : Work you could even automate the process with mp3tag. Whether you would want to do this is another matter, but I am just giving an example of what is possible and no doubt there are even better ways of doing the same job. *Always* make sure you have a backup of the music files before trying anything like this and, also, *test it out on a few albums copied to a temporary folder before doing it live*. - Bulk copy the album tag over the to composer tag, using Convert - Bulk strip out the first : and everything following it from the new Composer tag using a new Action (leaving the composer name). - Copy the album tag over the to composer tag, using Convert Highlight the lines you want to change (CTRL-A for all lines) Click on Convert on the Menu Bar Select Tag to Tag Field COMPOSER (from drop down list) Format String %album% OK then - Strip out the first : and everything following it from the new Composer tag using a new Action: Click on Actions (on menu bar) Select Actions (top of list) Create New - top icon on the right Enter a new name for the action group Create New - top icon on the right Select Replace with regular expression from drop down list Field: COMPOSER (from drop down list) Regular expression: (.*?) : (.*) (where : is what you always use to separate the composer and work in the album tag) Replace matches with: $1 (The $1 refers to the first part of the regular expression, i.e. (.*?) Click on OK Click on OK Click on Close (if you click on OK is will run any action that is ticked) Now highlight the lines you want to run the new action on Click Actions on the Menu Bar Select the name of the action you have just created Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103331 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LMS 7.90 change in sort behaviour?
gazjones59, My music library is also mostly classical and I also used to search in exactly the same way you do (my album name format is Composer - Work - Main performer ). However, now that there are the additional browse modes in LMS 7.9 I no longer use the search but use the composer browse and drill down from there. I find it very good indeed, especially with iPeng. (Of course it means you have to have the Composer tag set on all one's music files.) Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103331 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] HP Proliant.
I have a HP Proliant Microserver (N54L) running Ubuntu 12.04 and have installed both the HLS Live and the RTMP Listen Again hacks with no problem. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] FNG. Old Touch. Unable my music Any help appreciated.
If LMS is running an a box of some kind you can access it from another computer on the same network by opening a browser on that computer and entering, say, 192.168.1.21:9000. Where 192.168.1.21 is the IP address of the box on which LMS is running - replace it with the IP address of your PC. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Possible to record radio stream?
I've used Total Recorder a lot in the past (though I seldom use it now). It has the advantage of capturing the data before the computer sound card (and we all know that most consumer PC sound cards aren't exactly designed with high quality audio in mind) and without doing digital-analog-digital conversions, rather than using the sound card outputs as most other audio capturing software does. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101955 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Johann Sebastian Bach - RIP
tfec wrote: seems, 'JSB' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach) didn't like opera too. He never wrote one. :cool: It might well be true that, unlike his exact contemporay Handel, he wasn't attracted to opera but he composed in a deeply Lutheran society where frivolities such as opera were frowned upon, and where the music composed for the church (e.g. Bach's amazing treasure trove of cantatas) in some respects served a dual purpose of entertainment and devotional music. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101889 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available
For a while I've been periodically extracting the LMS db tables (to CSV format) using sqlite3.exe before importing them into Access (which I am more familiar with). However, before I do that I always clear the cache and do a complete rescan to ensure that all the data in the db is live and current. You guys are probably much more experienced than me so can deal with the dead info in the LMS db without doing that - but I just thought I'd mention it. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101600 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Differences between LMS, squeezebox etc
Another factor to take into account is whether you want the LMS to do any transcoding. Most NAS boxes just don't have the power to do that satisfactorily. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can not play ACC
Have you checked the AAC Filetype options in Settings/Advanced/File Types? What are the Stream Format and Decode settings for AAC (i.e. for AAC in the left column)? Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100682 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can not play ACC
As far as I can tell (looking at the downloaded manual for my old Duet), the Duet does not natively support AAC but it will play AAC transcoded by LMS. If that is so, I suggest testing to see whether changing the AAC Stream Format box to Disabled (or deactivated) helps. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100682 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...
The way I handle things is that I use a HP Microserver running Ubuntu for storage. I don't use RAID or any volume spanning. I then periodically mirror each HDD in the HP Microserver to a separate external backup HDD (formatted as NTFS) of the same size (2TB) using an eSata connection. As only the changes are copied over this doesn't take that much time. If anything goes wrong I can always access the data on the backup HDDs from Windows. Not perhaps the most elegant solution but it suits me. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100561 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...
aspendl828 wrote: Backup each month or following major changes / additions to usb drives using synctoy. I tried using synctoy but found it to be one of the most frustrating pieces of software I have encountered - it just didn't do what I wanted, and what it did do it did to its own rules. In the end I got BeyondCompare which is great for mirroring, etc, etc, etc. Lots of options and it works flawlessly. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100561 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Weird MAC address issue on Squeezebox Classic.
This old thread might (or might not) be helpful: http://forums.slimdevices.com/archive/index.php/t-16532.html Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?
nicky6 wrote: Someone asked what is my issue really with the system - Media Center I think. But maybe it's the hardware that makes Media Center lag, freeze etc... From what you have written I get the impression that you are having problems with the Data Vault hardware (The WHS eats disks because it was never meant to be able to handle these 2TB WD RED disks, etc). So the first priority has got to be to sort that out before doing anything else. I run LMS on a HP Microserver which, according to the specs I found on the web, is less powerful than your HP X510 Data Vault but it always runs perfectly. (I've also run LMS on an old XP laptop without any problems whatsoever.) (I use a Touch + Ipeng on an iPad and have a second Touch and an old Duet in storage as backups.) Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SQLite Browser for Windows
w3wilkes, You expressed interest in how I use sqlite together with batch files to extract the tables (which I then import into Access). You might no longer be interested after JJZolx's recommendation [thanks from me too, JJZolx] but, as it would be a bit too long winded to post here so I have sent you a pm. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SQLite Browser for Windows
Firstly I suggest that you copy the library.db to a different folder and then use the copy of library.db instead of the file in use by LMS (it avoids the risk of inadvertently changing the database) I don't use GUI but use a batch file to extract the tables which I then import into Access (or Excel). If you are interested I can let you have the details. However, I just googled and there is a plugin for Firefox called SQLite Manager which seems to do what you want. The documentation for the plugin is here: https://code.google.com/p/sqlite-manager/w/list In Windows 7 Firefox the plugin lurks in the Web Developer menu. IMO it would be much easier to make sense of the tables with a 'clean' database, after doing a Clear everything and rescan. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC FB1+ speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 7, iPad 4, iPeng, Squeezepad. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Qobuz streaming (inc FLAC) and download site.
I've recently come an extremely interesting French webite called Qobuz after it was enthusiastically recommended by friends. It has a premium subscription streaming at 320kbps (not sure of the format) and lossless FLAC, with clients for android, ipad, iphone, windows and Macos, plus a web player. The windows desktop player has built in support for windows kernel, ASIO. ASIO4ALL and WASAPI. http://www.qobuz.com/ Also registering on the site enables you to download albums in 24/96, 16/44.1, 320 kbps mp3 at fairly reasonable prices - very reasonable indeed compared to download prices on the Linn website. Not only that but they appear, from time to time, to have extremely cheap multi-disc set downloads - my interest in in classical and there have recently been Peter Hurford's Complete Bach Organ Works (17CDs) and Aeolian Quartet's complete Haydn String Quartets (22CDs), both for 7 Euros. (Sadly I registered too late to take advantage of those offers.) The drawbacks are: (a) The website is in French, so Google Translate is a boon. Even so, for non-French speakers it is a bit of a hassle having to constantly refer to Google (or Bing) translate. Though I understand they have plans to role the site out across europe, so that will probably solve the language problem. (b) After you register from the UK you get a message that This article is not available in your country yet (UNITED KINGDOM) when you try to purchase or stream anything. However, you can e-mail them via there web option requesting access and this seems to always be granted (at least for people in the UK). (c) The premium streaming service isn't exactly cheap If this website proves as good at it seems it would be wonderful if some helpful developer created a plugin for Squeezebox!!! (The Qobuz developers seem very tech savy so I guess they would be happy to provide the necessary guidance.) JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wrong transcoding settings to MP3 in default install?
Sorry for asking a silly question but why on earth would anyone want to transcode to lossy mp3? Am I missing something? JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94642 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wrong transcoding settings to MP3 in default install?
Ah, sorry - streaming to smart phones never crossed my mind! JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94642 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Extremely long startup and rescan times
Would it be unfair to suggest that, in principle, if someone wants to minimise the possibility of problems, running development versions of operating systems and LMS is an interesting way of going about it. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96677 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch can't connect to Logitech Media Server on PC
Silly question: have you gone to My Music on the Touch? JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96687 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
PasTim wrote: JohnB's approach is a lot easier to manage (it's just that my brain can't handle Album = Work when it doesn't!). Sorry for this very late comment but I thought it worth mentioning that when I want to play a ripped CD as a 'CD' I use browse the music folders. When I want to play a specific work I can search for it very simply, as I posted. Of course, everyone has their own methods. The beauty of this forum is that we can share methods and get ideas which might help us. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
My music collection is mainly classical and, some years ago when I first started with Squeezebox, I made up my own tagging system (which turns out to be a variant on Beginners Guide to Classical on the Squeezebox Wiki). I don't currently use Erland's plugin but the following system works for me When a CD contains a number of major pieces I tag the individual pieces as separate Albums. Where a CD is a collection of smaller pieces I tag the CD as one Album (e.g. Barbara Bonney's CD of Scandinavian songs Diamonds in the Snow) Album: Composer - Work - Main Performer, e.g. -Shostakovich - Symphony No 15 - Haitink, RCO (2011)- Artist: Performers, e.g. -Haitink;Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra- Title: Short to help Controller display, e.g. -I. Allegretto- Genre: Orchestral, Chamber, Instrumental, Choral, Opera, Piano, String Quartet, etc I also tag the Composer tag (with the composer) thinking that I might use Erland's plugin at some time in the future. Browsing albums - displays albums in composer/work order Searching the Album tag for a composer lists pieces in alphabetical order Same when searching Album tag (or Artist tag) for a performer JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Keep the spirit up guys; just bought a new Radio and used Receiver
jhonsber...@msn.com wrote: I just don't get this rabid buying of a dead product line unless your only using The squeezebox to listen to the music on your computer or nas . That is a valid point of view, but many of us have centred our listening around SB products and, at the moment, it is difficult to think of anything else that provides the same versatility. For example, I use LMS/Touch to: - Play ripped CDs (OK I could use my CD player) - Play downloaded files, some of which are 96/24 or 88.2/24) - Play captured Radio 3 concerts (which have been in mp2, mp3, now in aac formats) - Play those concerts using cue files I've created - Listen to iPlayer (live and listen again) - Listen to Spotify - I have just installed the Inguz digital room correction and am about to set up the DRC filters JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96230 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech in US Selling the Transporter SE for $999.99
I thought Logitech had discontinued the Transporter a couple of years ago. Does this mean they have discovered a cache of them in a warehouse somewhere and are clearing the stock or does it mean they are reviving the product (which, in view of recent announcements, seems barely credible). JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96357 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A big THANK YOU to everyone
Thank you, goodsounds, for creating this thread. I wholeheartedly agree with what you have written. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96322 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Would you pay for LMS - Subscription or One-Time?
I would definitely be willing to subscribe on either an annual or monthly basis. The problem would be setting up a formal group willing to maintain LMS whilst finding a structure that people felt comfortable with, which gave some assurance that the subscriptions would be properly used and which didn't dissolve into multi-forked versions of LMS as various programmers decided to pursue their own pet projects. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96266 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Would you pay for LMS - Subscription or One-Time?
erland wrote: Yes, that's the challenge and that's also why I think we shouldn't rush into anything at the moment, if everyone starts to create their own fork already now in panic we are going to end up in a much more confusing and unsure future than the one we currently have. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96266 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
